Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
“THE above-named gentleman ranks among the leading merchants of New Concord. In 1875 he located at the intersection of Main and Liberty streets, having purchased a half interest with the late Henry C.”
History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers (1882). Machine-read text.
one of 70 National Register listings in Muskingum County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Union Township in History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names New Concord. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
From 1803 to 1806, the Reasoners, Speers, Findleys, and Wilsons, from Pennsylvania, settled in the northeastern portion of the township, near the present site of New Concord. Henry Reasoner, having in the year 1804, entered the land on which the town now stands.
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
In the year 1804, Henry Reasoner, trom Pennsylvania, entered the southwest quarter of section one, which he sold to David Findley, in 1806, and, in 1828, Findley laid out the town of New Concord, along the line of the National Road.. .
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Union Township - 5,138 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Paul Hall, Muskingum College between 2011 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15863 |
| 13 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7926 |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4505 |
| 2 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,059 specimens collected within 10 miles of Paul Hall, Muskingum College between 1908 and 1975: 767 Animalia, 289 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
 | Catocala cara Guenée, 1852 | 1954 | Betty Dasch | New Concord |
 | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
 | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
 | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Perry Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1931 | Neiswender, M. D. (Mary D.) | Perry Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio |
 | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Chondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Coluber constrictor flaviventris Say, 1823 | 1933 | Hope, C.E. | New Concord |
 | Geothlypis formosa (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
 | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1933 | Hope, C E | New Concord |
| Allocapnia recta (Claassen, 1924) | 1935 | H.H. Ross |
All 1,059 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Paul Hall, Muskingum College: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westland Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Concord, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $50,000 | A large tree fell on to a house, causing structural damage. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $10,000 | Muskingum County Dispatch reported that trees and power lines were down around the New Concord Area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported large trees blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $5,000 | Tress snapped along with structural damage in the area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $5,000 | The public reported multiple trees down in New Concord, some of which fell on cars. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $2,000 | One tree fell onto a house. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on to Harper Avenue. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | Trees were reported down on North Liberty Street near Buckeye Street in New Concord. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Concord | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | New Concord | - | Rte 83 was flooded between Bloomfield and Otsego in the northeast part of Muskingum County, beginning at 632 AM EDT. By 835 AM EDT, there was flooding in Adamsville; and along State Rte 16 in Adams Mills. One house was surrounded by water in Otsego area. |
| June 2013 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | New Concord | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
Moved Excellent RECEIVED lintels and base is in generally good condition.The wood sash and Good Fair over the village of New Concord and a portion of the campus of the College. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - 16th Century SPECIFIC DATE(s) (If Applicable and Known) - Urban Planning - Prehistoric - Other (Specify) losophy - STATEMENT OF
Paul Hall, the oldest building on the Muskingum College Campus, was rooms for the Conservatory of Music. The tower, or cupola, has College, a school founded in 1837 by a small group of Scoth-Irish Presbyterians who had settled in New Concord, Ohio during the 1820's JAN 1 8 1973 1873 Commerce stationery.
Architecture Communications Conservation Transportation Aboriginal REGISTER Engineering Science Music itarian Military SIGNIFICANCE Theater NATIONAL Landscape Agriculture Literature Industry Pre-Columbian in the education of thousands of Muskingum College students.In Political Social/Human- Trustees determined to erect the present building directly in front recent years Paul Hall has housed classrooms, studios and practice Sculpture served for years as a symbol of the college in publications and its masonry used for.the construction of the Little Theater. Paul Hall stands today as the architectural symbol of Muskingum RECEIVED Invention Religion/Phi- and who had seen their community grow rapidly after 1825 as a result of the building of the National Road into Ohio.
the college at that time.In.1973 it will have a century of service AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) of the earlier one which stood until 1899 when it was pulled down, and erected in 1873 and named for Dr. David Paul, who was president of An earlier three-story building occupied the site of Paul Hall. Built Education Art in 1837,it burned in 1851 but was repaired.In 1873 the Board of Muskingum College Bulletin, New Concord, Ohio: Muskingum College, 1962.
The whole case file for this property - 1,442 words, 11 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73001514, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harper, William Rainey, Log House | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Glenn, John, Boyhood Home | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
 | Stormont, David, House | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | "S" Bridge II | 0.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Hardesty, Ralph, Stone House | 3.0 miles | 1980 |
 | West Union School | 4.7 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001514 in Record Group 79. |
| Muskingum County | All 70 listed properties in this county. |
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